Supply Chain Commercial Manager

About the role

Pedros is looking for a Supply Chain Commercial Manager who drives the commercial and financial performance of the end-to-end supply chain operation. The role covers managing supply chain costs, improving profitability, optimizing inventory and working capital, strengthening supplier commercial performance and supporting strategic decisions through financial analysis and business partnering. It works closely with Procurement, Operations and Finance teams.

Key responsibilities

• Own and manage the supply chain cost base, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis across procurement, warehousing, logistics and inventory.
• Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate sourcing strategies, supplier proposals, capital investments and cost-saving initiatives.
• Partner with operational stakeholders to identify and implement margin improvement and efficiency opportunities.
• Analyse supply chain costs and performance drivers to find profitability and cost optimization opportunities.
• Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers, logistics providers and service partners, and evaluate supplier contracts and agreements.
• Develop and monitor supplier performance scorecards and cost benchmarks.
• Drive inventory optimization to improve working capital, and deliver management reporting, dashboards and KPI analysis.
• Support pricing decisions through landed cost calculations and give decision support to senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with financial controls, governance and commercial standards, and support month-end, year-end, audit and business planning processes.

Required profile

• CA(SA) or CIMA qualification (essential).
• At least 5 years of post-qualification experience in supply chain, logistics, FMCG, retail, manufacturing or related operational environments.
• Proven experience in commercial finance, business partnering and cost management.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings and margin improvements.

Required skills

• Budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and financial analysis.
• Supplier negotiation and commercial agreement management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with ERP systems and business intelligence reporting tools.